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Saturday, 3 September 2011

Rainy Saturday

It’s grey and wet and windy outside, a little taste of the months ahead of us, but inside it’s warm and colourful.I have managed to keep this orchid alive for 2 ½ years which is a mrsmoenwide record. It was a birthday present from daughter and grandson and it’s delicate and pink and gorgeous. My mother is an orchid lover and thought me how to care for them. She learned it at an orchid plantation in Malaysia. Once a week I put my orchids under the tap, letting the water run all over the soil and roots and each leaf, add a little fertilizer and leave them in the sink for a few hours to drain excess water out (my flowers are in those plastic see through containers with holes in the bottom).

There won’t be much quilting going on at my house today but definitely some creative activities with our young man/weekend companion/grandson.

Hope you’re enjoying your weekend wherever you are and whatever you do.

I murdered many an orchid before finally learning the slow drip in the sink trick! Now I've managed to get 3 different plants to re-bloom several times each. Woohoo! They are so incredibly beautiful, I just love them.

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so who am I?

My name is Nina Lise and I live in Norway where I share my life with my (incredible patient) husband, our daughter, two grandboys 7 and 3 (centre of the universe and masters of our house once a week and every other weekend), and an ever growing stash of fabric (lovingly referred to as “crap” by husband).
I have been quilting for 16 years, and it is consuming my time, my budget and large parts of both my brain and our house (hence the patient husband). I am pretty much a design-as-you-make-it-up quilter and enjoy the process even more than the finished project. I love playing with scraps of fabric and turning them into small, funny quilts. My first book was published in March 2012 and I also design patterns and teach classes.